DR. DEEPAK KUMAR MISHRA
Name
:
Dr. (Col) Deepak Kumar Mishra
Sex
:
Male
Designation :
Senior Consultant Laboratory Haematology
Work Contact Details:
Educational Qualifications.
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Undergraduate
Post Graduate
Speciality
: VSS Medical College, Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha ( 1984 )
: Armed Forces Medical College, Pune ( 1990 )
: Pathology ( Haematology )
Details of Training and Experience
1. Undergraduate. : Adjudged the best medical graduate on over-all merit in his batch. Was
awarded 2 university gold medals for adcademic excellence. Received the Pfizer Medallion for
academic excellence in under-graduate studies.
2. Post Graduate : Pursued post-graduate studies in Pathology from the Armed Forces Medical
College, Pune .
3. Specialty Training. :
i. Post-doctoral fellow in Haematology ( 1996-98 ) at the Dept of Haematology, All India Institute of
Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.
ii. Visiting Fellow at the Dept of Hematology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA in
2000.
iii. UICC Fellow at Dept of Haematological Medicine,King’s College School of Medicine,
London,UK in 2001.
iv. Visiting Fellow at the MDS Centre, Dept of Haematology, Stanford University School of
Medicine, Palo Alto, USA in 2003.
v. National Academy of Medical Sciences visiting faculty at the Dept of Haematology, Christian
Medical College & Hospital, Vellore in 2003.
vi. Visiting Faculty in the Dept of Haematology & Centre for MDS Research at Univ of
Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, MA, USA in 2006.
vii. UICC Fellow at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute,Harvard Medical School, Boston,USA in 2007.
Clinical Appointments :
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ii.
Graded Specialist Pathology at Military Hospital, Cardio-Thoracic Centre, Pune.( 199091)
Graded Specialist Pathology at Military Hospital, Namkum, Ranchi, Jharkhand.( 1991-93 )
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Graded & Classifeid Specialist Pathology, Armed Forces Transfusion Centre, New
Delhi.(1993-96) ( Asst / Assoc Professor Pathology, Delhi University ).
On Study Leave for Post-Doctoral training in Haematology at AIIMS, New Delhi(199698)
Associate Professor Pathology. Armed Forces M,edical College, Pune.( 1998-2003). Post
– Graduate teacher of Pune Univ and Maharashtra Univ of Hea lth Sciences.
Senior Adviser ( Pathology & Haematology) and Professor, Army Hospital ( Research &
Referral ), New Delhi. ( 2003-2009). Post-Graduate teacher Delhi University.
Head, Dept of Laboratory Sciences, TATA Main Hospital, TATA Steel Ltd. Jamshedpur.
(2009-2010)
Administrative Appointments ;
i.
Chief Medical Support Services, TATA Main Hospital, TATA Steel Ltd., Jamshedpur.
(2009-2010).
Memberships :
i.
Member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences(India),
ii.
Fellow of UICC,
iii.
Fellow of the Indian College of Pathology ( FICPath)
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Fellow of the Indian Society of Haematology & Transfusion Medicine.( FISHTM).
International Member of the American Society of Haematology ( ASH ) .
Life member of the Indian Society of Blood Transfusion and Immuno-haematology
( ISBTI ).
vii. Life Member of National Thalassaemia Welfare Society ( NTWS ), New Delhi,India.
viii.
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Life Member of Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell Anaemia Welfare Society ( TASWELS )
Bhubaneswar , Orissa, India.
Life Member of Indian Co-operative Oncology Network ( ICON ).
Life Member of Indian Society of Hospital Waste Management ( ISHWM ).
Research Projects:
a) Principal Investigator in an Armed Forces Medical Research Committee (AFMRC) sponsored
project titled "“Study of prognostic factors for response parameters in patients with Multiple
Myeloma.” (AFMRC Project No. 3417 / 2005 ).
b) Principal Investigator in an Armed Forces Medical Research Committee (AFMRC) sponsored
project titled " FISH Cytogenetics in the diagnostic and prognostic characterisation of Acute
Leukaemias (AFMRC Project 3269 / 2004 ) .
c) Co- Investigator in an Armed Forces Medical Research Committee (AFMRC) sponsored
project titled “Monitoring of Response to Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation( Allo-SCT) in
Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia(CML) by RQ-PCR for Response and Relapse”. (AFMRC Project 3415
/ 2005 ).
d) Co- Investigator in an Armed Forces Medical Research Committee (AFMRC) sponsored
project titled “Qualitative Assessment of Haematopoietic Chimerism after Bone Marrow
Transplantation by STR-VNTR.” (AFMRC Project 3414 / 2005 ).
e) Co- Investigator in an Armed Forces Medical Research Committee (AFMRC) sponsored
project titled “Procoagulant Factors in Stroke in Young.” (AFMRC Project 3341 / 2005 ).
f) Co- Investigator in an Armed Forces Medical Research Committee (AFMRC) sponsored
project titled “ Role of thrombo-prophylaxis in high risk surgical patients with special reference
to orthopaedic ( total knee and hip replacement ) and onco-surgical patients .” (AFMRC Project
3218 / 2003 ).
g) Co- Investigator in an Armed Forces Medical Research Committee (AFMRC) sponsored
project titled “ Monitoring of response to therapy with Imatinib Mesylate in CML by FISH and
RT-PCR for both response and relapse after treatment.” (AFMRC Project 3475 / 2006 ).
h) Co- Investigator in an Armed Forces Medical Research Committee (AFMRC) sponsored
project titled “ To study the role of Thalidomide as an anti-angiogenic agent in MDS.” ( AFMRC
Project 3357 / 2005 ).
j) Co-Investigator in an Armed Forces Medical Research Committee (AFMRC) sponsored
project titled " Flowcytometric study of Reticulated Platelats in thrombocytopenic disorders.
(AFMRC Project 3142 / 2002 ).
k) Principal Investigator in an Armed Forces Medical Research Committee (AFMRC) sponsored
project titled " Evaluation of minimal residual disease (MRD) in chronic myeloid leukaemia
(CML) on interferon alpha therapy and other chemotherapeutic agents" (AFMRC Project 3020 /
2000) .
l) Principal Investigator in an Armed Forces Medical Research Committee (AFMRC) sponsored
project titled " Comparative study of the diagnostic value of plastic embedded bone marrow
biopsies, biopsy imprints and bone marrow aspirates in various haematological disorders
(AFMRC Project 3060 / 2001).
m) Co-Investigator in an Armed Forces Medical Research Committee (AFMRC) sponsored
project titled " Coagulation inhibitors in malignancies and nephrotic syndrome" (AFMRC
Project 2267 / 1999) .
n) Co-Investigator in an Armed Forces Medical Research Committee (AFMRC) sponsored
project titled "Comparison of efficacy of oral and parenteral iron chelators in thalassaemic
children" ( 2000 - 2003).
o) Principal Investigator in an Armed Forces Medical Research Committee (AFMRC) sponsored
project titled "Study of coagulation inhibitors in thrombo-embolic disorders with special
reference to deep vein thrombosis (DVT)" (1995 - 1998).
p) Co-Investigator in an Armed Forces Medical Research Committee (AFMRC) sponsored
project titled " Study of markers in chronic hepatitis B & C and effects of interferon alpha 2b
therapy" (1994 – 1996).
q) Short term research studentship project of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
during MBBS studies titled "Estimation of fetal haemoglobin in gynaecological malignancies"
(1981).
r) Associated with a large number of Research Projects in the Department of Haematology, All
India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi , India during the Post-Doctoral
Fellowship in Haematology for two years (1996 - 1998). Specific areas were Platelet Factor 3
(PF3) in platelet disorders, Glanzmann's thrombasthenia, Thrombopathic thrombasthenia,
Unclassified platelet functional disorders, Aquired haemophilia, Dengue haemorrhagic fever
and Hairy cell leukaemia (HCL).
s) Co-Investigator in Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt of
India sponsored multicentric project on “ Intravenous autologous bone marrow stromal cells
(MSCs) or mono-nuclear cells (MNCs) for patients with Acute Ischaemic Stroke - a randomised
clinical trial”. ( BT / PR6815 / MED / 14 / 880 / 2005 - R&R ) .
t) Co-Investigator in Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt of
India sponsored multicentric project on “ Efficacy of Stem Cells in Improvement of Left
Ventricular Function in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction - a randomised clinical trial”. (
BT / PR7342 / MED / 14 / 986 / 2006 ) .
u) Co-Investigator in Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt of
India sponsored multicentric project on “ Safety and efficacy of autologous stem cells in
prevention of amputation in patients with chronic critical limb ischaemia - a randomised clinical
trial”. ( BT / PR10466 / MED / 31 / 22 / 2008 ) .
Publications :
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International Journal – 06
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Abstracts in Indexed International Journals - 12
National Jornals – 24
Abstracts in National Journal - 05
Unpublished Abstracts Presented at Conferences / CMEs / Updates - 28,
Chapters in Text Books or Monographs - 09
Awards: :
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University Gold Medals – 2 for undergraduate studies..
‘Pfizer Medallion ‘ for academic excellence in undergraduate studies.
Army Commander’s (Western Command) commendation for development of
Haematology at Army Hospital(Research & Referral), New Delhi in 2009.
Other National Assignments:
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ii.
Member, ICMR Task Force on Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS).
Programme-in-charge / Convener of the Indian MDS Registry.
iii.
President – Elect , Indian Society of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine
(ISHTM) ( 2009 – 2010 ).
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Vice - President , Indian Society of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine
(ISHTM) ( 2008 – 2009 ).
v.)
Joint Secretary , Indian Association of Pathology and Microbiology (IAPM) ( 2007 –
2010 ).
vi.)
Associate Editor ( Haematology Section ) of the Indian Journal of Pathology and
Microbiology ( 2007 – 2012 ).
vii. ) Treasurer of the Indian Society of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine (2005 –
2008 ).
viii. )
Editor ( 2002 – 2005 ) and Associate Editor ( 1999 – 2002 ) of the Indian Journal of
Haematology and Blood Transfusion ( IJHBT ).
ix.) Executive Committee Member of the Indian Society of Haematology and
Transfusion Medicine (1999 – 2002 ).
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External Peer Reviewer for the Indian Journal of Haematology & Blood Transfusion
( IJHBT ), Journal of Association of Physicians of India ( JAPI ), Indian Journal of
Pathology & Microbiology ( IJPM ), Medical Journal of Armed Forces of India
( MJAFI ), Current Science, Journal of Post-Graduate Medicine and Asian Journal of
Transfusion Medicine.
xi.
Post-graduate examiner in Pathology and Transfusion Medicine, post-doctoral examiner in
Haematology / Clinical Haematology at a number of universities including the National
Board of Examinations.